419 scam: "Mrs. Farida Waziri"<efcc@efcc.org.nig> Your Outstanding Payment Verification From Efcc,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "economic financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "farida waziri" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "robert mueller" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Farida Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsfaridawaziri@royal.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:46:27 -0800
Subject: Your Outstanding Payment Verification From Efcc,

MRS. FARIDA N. WAZIRI
OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION'S CHAIRPERSON
112 AVENUES, SURE ROAD LAGOS/NIGERIA
MOTTO: SECURITY WATCH
OUR REF: NG-GW-EFCC-AS-005-31

Our Ref: GL-GWAS-005-31

Re: Payment Notice

Good Day,

The Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3, a partnership of the FBI, MPA and the National White Collar Crime Center, in 2007 released its latest annual report on victims' complaints received and referred to law enforcement.

Among the results:

"Internet auction fraud was by far the most reported offense, comprising 44.9% of referred complaints. Non-delivered merchandise and/or payment accounted for 19.0% of complaints. Check fraud made up 4.9% of complaints. Credit/debit card fraud, computer fraud, confidence fraud, and financial institutions fraud round out the top seven categories of complaints referred to law enforcement during the year."

We received a notification letter from the FBI at about 30 minutes ago regarding the critical problem you have been facing concerning the release of your over-due fund in Africa and how you have made attempt in sending your hard earned money to fraudsters both in Nigeria and here in London.

We also discovered that some thieves have been pestering you regarding this same fund disguising to be the chairperson of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (Mrs. Farida Waziri) and the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI (ROBERT MUELLER III)

Our duty is to checkmate crime, terrorism and any criminal offence. We also work in collaboration with American, Asian, African and Australian security operatives. So be careful with whom you are sending money to. "Yes, some of these transactions on the internet may be real, but some unscrupulous agents, bankers, partners or lawyers will rip you off and never transfer the beneficiary's fund, instead they will look for a means to divert the fund for their personal benefit"

You are hereby advice to stop any financial transaction you have presently with any one claiming to be the chairperson of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (Mrs. Farida Waziri) or the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI (ROBERT MUELLER III)

You are advised to act according to every instruction, directives provided to you. We want you to know that no matter the amount of fund you send to those hoodlums here in Africa your over-due fund will never be released, so you are advice to abide by our rules and regulations if you are ready to receive this fund.

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.

Note: that thousands of fraudsters have been using this method in scamming most foreign creditors we have in our payment list here in our office. We use this medium to inform you that any mail that does not come with the communication code: EFCC/NG/74-A0807777HJ/NG is false. In this case, you're advice not to respond to any mail that does not come with the above communication code.

I expect your prompt response
Regards,
Mrs. Farida Waziri.

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